WhatGradsMake

What Computer Science grads make

Every university with official Census earnings for this field, ranked by 5-year median salary.

Bachelor's

national median $99,737 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignIL$122,009$177,207$204,081+78%
2College of William & MaryVA$88,350$147,475+48%
3Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIN$106,021$143,232+44%
4University of Massachusetts - AmherstMA$91,987$137,194$159,257+38%
5Carleton CollegeMN$88,799$136,177$161,741+37%
6University of UtahUT$89,614$133,057$164,239+33%
7University of North Carolina - Chapel HillNC$86,853$127,840$164,795+28%
8Colorado School of MinesCO$85,394$126,300+27%
9University of ConnecticutCT$84,287$124,373$162,085+25%
10Oregon State UniversityOR$87,514$123,582+24%
11University of Massachusetts - LowellMA$87,189$122,526$167,255+23%
12Purdue UniversityIN$92,834$122,270$144,695+23%
13Connecticut CollegeCT$85,997$122,083+22%
14Utah Valley UniversityUT$82,142$120,580$136,177+21%
15Saint Olaf CollegeMN$84,232$120,035+20%
16Providence CollegeRI$80,918$118,711+19%
17University of Colorado BoulderCO$81,424$118,475$147,551+19%
18George Mason UniversityVA$80,367$117,996+18%
19Olivet Nazarene UniversityIL$68,521$117,867+18%
20University of OklahomaOK$76,406$117,595+18%
21Washington and Lee UniversityVA$50,311$117,024$176,356+17%
22Portland State UniversityOR$80,013$116,662$147,178+17%
23University of Illinois ChicagoIL$79,112$115,930$140,279+16%
24University of Arizona (The)AZ$82,490$115,413$141,800+16%
25Gustavus Adolphus CollegeMN$69,644$115,217+16%
26Texas A&M UniversityTX$83,695$114,636$141,639+15%
27Arizona State UniversityAZ$78,656$113,823$141,269+14%
28University of Minnesota - Twin CitiesMN$80,833$113,431$146,781+14%
29University of Texas at ArlingtonTX$79,514$112,462$127,147+13%
30Brigham Young University - IdahoID$79,787$112,227$138,529+13%
31Furman UniversitySC$64,798$111,278+12%
32DePaul UniversityIL$77,790$111,082$162,623+11%
33Weber State UniversityUT$74,839$110,582$139,470+11%
34Anderson UniversityIN$65,590$109,070+9%
35Valparaiso UniversityIN$61,332$108,603+9%
36University of Saint ThomasMN$79,511$108,001+8%
37Texas State UniversityTX$69,263$107,346+8%
38Tarleton State UniversityTX$52,920$107,201+7%
39Indiana University - BloomingtonIN$77,381$106,150$127,070+6%
40Metropolitan State University of DenverCO$75,232$106,133$119,764+6%
41North Carolina State UniversityNC$79,430$105,676$129,858+6%
42University of Illinois at SpringfieldIL$74,301$104,914$124,671+5%
43Northern Arizona UniversityAZ$74,819$104,850$128,115+5%
44St. Cloud State UniversityMN$64,465$104,573$134,767+5%
45University of GeorgiaGA$75,923$104,421$121,861+5%
46Wheaton CollegeIL$84,962$104,398+5%
47City College of New York - CUNYNY$70,747$104,205$124,290+4%
48Augsburg UniversityMN$71,850$103,730$140,411+4%
49Metropolitan State UniversityMN$72,743$103,115$121,935+3%
50University of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeWI$71,899$102,996+3%
51Benedictine UniversityIL$68,363$102,715+3%
52West Texas A&M UniversityTX$81,561$102,584+3%
53Utah Tech UniversityUT$73,565$102,295+3%
54Pennsylvania State University (The) - Erie, The Behrend CollegePA$62,075$101,968$112,340+2%
55State University of New York at BuffaloNY$70,778$101,962$124,419+2%
56Clayton State UniversityGA$57,769$101,595+2%
57Hampton UniversityVA$80,624$101,115$131,591+1%
58Iowa State University of Science & TechnologyIA$74,668$100,958$122,349+1%
59Concordia College - MoorheadMN$60,508$100,908+1%
60Saint John's UniversityMN$78,152$100,874$125,687+1%
61University of Colorado Colorado SpringsCO$76,305$100,609$133,072+1%
62Salem State UniversityMA$60,837$99,9940%
63Georgia State UniversityGA$68,848$99,737$121,4190%
64CUNY Hunter CollegeNY$65,246$99,499$118,6540%
65University of Missouri - Saint LouisMO$66,043$99,475$138,9990%
66Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleIL$70,224$98,753$125,175-1%
67Monmouth CollegeIL$64,628$98,712-1%
68University of Missouri - Kansas CityMO$70,211$98,462$115,921-1%
69CUNY Queens CollegeNY$59,331$98,446$119,554-1%
70Montana State University BozemanMT$68,064$97,845$112,807-2%
71University of Minnesota DuluthMN$68,125$97,820$126,300-2%
72Kennesaw State UniversityGA$69,329$97,465$118,204-2%
73Bridgewater State UniversityMA$59,848$97,324$124,951-2%
74Southern Utah UniversityUT$61,332$96,791-3%
75Montana Technological UniversityMT$77,273$96,422$119,554-3%
76State University of New York College at PotsdamNY$73,075$96,390$128,608-3%
77University of Southern MaineME$66,358$96,373$103,955-3%
78University of Minnesota MorrisMN$68,987$95,990$116,180-4%
79Virginia Military InstituteVA$59,391$95,830$119,035-4%
80Ohio UniversityOH$67,095$95,740$124,316-4%
81College of Staten Island/CUNYNY$54,154$95,220$119,355-5%
82Indiana University - Purdue University IndianapolisIN$66,965$95,144$103,464-5%
83Winona State UniversityMN$66,501$95,058$114,253-5%
84Illinois State UniversityIL$69,047$94,916$119,264-5%
85Missouri State UniversityMO$65,315$94,668$134,767-5%
86University of IowaIA$64,022$94,498$115,506-5%
87University of Northern IowaIA$63,976$94,427$122,350-5%
88Dominican UniversityIL$71,633$94,170$130,533-6%
89Christopher Newport UniversityVA$66,646$94,115$116,539-6%
90Aurora UniversityIL$56,642$93,965$79,787-6%
91Purdue University Fort WayneIN$65,255$93,945$104,182-6%
92West Virginia UniversityWV$63,563$93,877$118,327-6%
93North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityNC$71,972$93,727$111,787-6%
94University of WyomingWY$65,446$93,717$112,246-6%
95Westfield State UniversityMA$63,874$93,187-7%
96University of North Carolina - CharlotteNC$63,874$92,887$114,384-7%
97University of MaineME$62,818$92,861-7%
98University of the District of ColumbiaDC$77,691$92,673-7%
99Quinnipiac UniversityCT$72,341$92,673-7%
100Bemidji State UniversityMN$62,446$92,673$115,698-7%
101Fitchburg State UniversityMA$62,818$92,467-7%
102University of New Orleans (The)LA$59,742$91,714$115,585-8%
103Minnesota State University, MankatoMN$66,741$91,518$119,891-8%
104Appalachian State UniversityNC$62,441$91,478$116,630-8%
105Louisiana Tech UniversityLA$62,056$91,260$118,633-8%
106Northern Illinois UniversityIL$66,795$91,148$114,216-9%
107Minnesota State University MoorheadMN$58,150$91,014$140,411-9%
108Louisiana State University & Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeLA$59,848$90,843$113,557-9%
109University of North Carolina at Wilmington (The)NC$58,502$90,755$106,181-9%
110University of Houston - Clear LakeTX$63,714$90,738$120,473-9%
111Cameron UniversityOK$48,761$90,582-9%
112University of North Carolina -GreensboroNC$60,951$90,422$104,142-9%
113Kent State UniversityOH$62,566$89,996$115,921-10%
114Charleston Southern UniversitySC$62,132$89,880-10%
115Indiana University SoutheastIN$66,866$89,378$109,381-10%
116Purdue University NorthwestIN$69,418$89,177-11%
117Northeastern Illinois UniversityIL$59,558$89,069$108,135-11%
118East Carolina UniversityNC$60,942$88,614$110,460-11%
119Radford UniversityVA$62,771$88,398$110,779-11%
120University of Colorado DenverCO$74,729$88,374$101,906-11%
121CUNY Lehman CollegeNY$55,713$88,262$105,223-12%
122Southern Illinois University at CarbondaleIL$59,391$88,210$112,613-12%
123Western Carolina UniversityNC$56,116$86,297$113,369-13%
124University of Central MissouriMO$65,842$86,140$113,931-14%
125University of Louisiana at LafayetteLA$61,113$86,065$106,692-14%
126University of Akron (The)OH$63,015$85,927$116,378-14%
127Northeastern State UniversityOK$53,202$85,840-14%
128University of North Carolina AshevilleNC$50,740$85,580$92,587-14%
129Ball State UniversityIN$60,206$85,374$107,201-14%
130Lewis UniversityIL$59,291$84,672$106,400-15%
131North Carolina Central UniversityNC$50,881$84,400$94,789-15%
132Southwest Minnesota State UniversityMN$62,036$83,267$110,405-17%
133Louisiana State University in ShreveportLA$56,791$83,137$114,647-17%
134Georgia College & State UniversityGA$58,433$82,991$106,400-17%
135Longwood UniversityVA$61,098$82,892$110,004-17%
136Bridgewater CollegeVA$54,365$82,300$88,614-17%
137Youngstown State UniversityOH$56,017$82,185$101,595-18%
138Southeastern Louisiana UniversityLA$58,121$81,890$96,983-18%
139Millikin UniversityIL$52,636$81,671$112,807-18%
140CUNY York CollegeNY$48,349$80,729$85,664-19%
141University of Wisconsin - Green BayWI$60,837$80,563$97,859-19%
142University of Louisiana at MonroeLA$62,378$80,415$102,457-19%
143Indiana University - South BendIN$58,407$79,974$89,277-20%
144University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyTX$54,967$79,557$96,190-20%
145McNeese State UniversityLA$52,973$78,843$103,464-21%
146University of Hawaii at HiloHI$50,007$77,524$94,389-22%
147University of Hawaii at ManoaHI$48,087$75,918$96,791-24%
148Nicholls State UniversityLA$47,119$75,080$101,595-25%
149Winston-Salem State UniversityNC$46,171$74,791$85,898-25%
150University of Southern IndianaIN$54,804$74,086$104,748-26%
151University of Maine - FarmingtonME$55,111$73,958$97,592-26%
152Wofford CollegeSC$50,919$73,958$91,518-26%
153Georgia Southwestern State UniversityGA$46,142$73,958$134,767-26%
154Claflin UniversitySC$45,413$73,872$94,389-26%
155Virginia State UniversityVA$46,497$71,529$79,787-28%
156Indiana University - KokomoIN$37,897$70,527$73,442-29%
157Grambling State UniversityLA$57,991$70,184$82,300-30%
158University of Virginia's College at Wise (The)VA$54,615$69,584$80,729-30%
159Eastern Mennonite UniversityVA$42,660$68,626$94,389-31%
160Indiana University - NorthwestIN$41,297$68,476$89,458-31%
161Hampden Sydney CollegeVA$63,451$64,930-35%
162Southern Virginia UniversityVA$49,659$64,930-35%
163Central State UniversityOH$27,903$64,578$67,254-35%
164Chicago State UniversityIL$44,767$64,402$70,870-35%
165Fayetteville State UniversityNC$39,242$61,431$67,042-38%
166University of North Carolina at PembrokeNC$42,923$60,927$62,075-39%
167Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical Colg at Baton RougeLA$38,386$59,105$71,994-41%
168Elizabeth City State UniversityNC$38,668$55,604$58,476-44%
169Southern University at New OrleansLA$37,935$50,539$61,827-49%
170CUNY Medgar Evers CollegeNY$54,051$49,855-50%
171State University of New York at Stony BrookNY$92,240
172Binghamton UniversityNY$84,444
173Western Governors UniversityUS$82,388
174University of BridgeportCT$76,015
175Concordia University - Saint PaulMN$72,928
176Cleveland State UniversityOH$67,174
177University of Montana (The)MT$64,718
178State University of New York Polytechnic InstituteNY$64,718
179University of Northwestern- St PaulMN$59,848
180State University of New York at PlattsburghNY$59,353
181State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego)NY$58,858
182State University of New York at AlbanyNY$56,346
183Texas A&M University-San AntonioTX$54,051
184SUNY College at BrockportNY$52,636
185SUNY at FredoniaNY$51,929

Associate

national median $64,996 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Bunker Hill Community CollegeMA$39,842$97,859+51%
2Weber State UniversityUT$58,583$96,023+48%
3Salt Lake Community CollegeUT$65,986$93,589+44%
4Utah Valley UniversityUT$53,107$87,772+35%
5Anoka-Ramsey Community CollegeMN$36,491$87,244+34%
6Northern Virginia Community CollegeVA$38,940$86,785$119,554+34%
7Manchester Community CollegeCT$41,695$82,300+27%
8Century CollegeMN$44,060$81,671+26%
9Purdue University Fort WayneIN$49,171$80,863$98,975+24%
10North Hennepin Community CollegeMN$55,181$80,673$87,772+24%
11Normandale Community CollegeMN$38,573$79,787+23%
12Nassau Community CollegeNY$33,617$79,471$109,443+22%
13Piedmont Virginia Community CollegeVA$43,047$75,329+16%
14Norwalk Community CollegeCT$40,342$75,158+16%
15Monroe Community CollegeNY$30,523$73,904$90,582+14%
16Adirondack Community College - SUNY Office of Community CollegesNY$32,883$67,570$73,075+4%
17CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNY$33,952$64,996$92,7870%
18Gateway Community CollegeCT$50,539$64,523-1%
19Rochester Community and Technical CollegeMN$33,034$63,610-2%
20CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeNY$31,317$63,485$78,320-2%
21CUNY Bronx Community CollegeNY$34,630$62,075$86,191-4%
22Blinn CollegeTX$42,063$60,442$88,614-7%
23Kingsborough Community College/CUNYNY$31,416$60,342$82,614-7%
24Laramie County Community CollegeWY$32,883$58,363$65,986-10%
25New York City College of Technology of the City University of New YorkNY$33,458$57,619$78,110-11%
26El Paso Community CollegeTX$27,814$54,051-17%
27BridgeValley Community and Technical CollegeWV$40,342$52,165-20%
28Lake Area Technical CollegeSD$38,403$49,551$58,100-24%
29South Texas CollegeTX$27,722$49,118$66,779-24%
30Texas State Technical CollegeTX$32,639$46,435$57,619-29%
31New River Community and Technical CollegeWV$29,557$43,722-33%
32Southern University at Shreveport - Bossier CityLA$28,969$43,047-34%
33North Central State CollegeOH$34,162$42,051$55,369-35%
34Richland CollegeTX$56,877
35Southern Maine Community CollegeME$47,802
36Saint Paul College - A Community & Technical CollegeMN$43,047
37Houston Community CollegeTX$39,655
38Odessa CollegeTX$39,556
39Lone Star College SystemTX$37,592
40Palo Alto CollegeTX$36,903
41Collin County Community College DistrictTX$36,215
42Queensborough Community College-CUNYNY$27,670

Certificate (under 1 year)

#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Concordia University - Saint PaulMN$70,527$101,595
2North Central State CollegeOH$39,731$45,480$39,793
3Missouri State UniversityMO$67,042